Part of a.p.r.e.s. editions’s Work & Process series, this DVD provides approximately two hours of viewing and is comprised of Wide details, on the traces of Francis Alÿs, a documentary film directed by Julien Devaux which views Mexico City through the eyes of Alÿs; an interview with Mexican writer Carlos Monsiváis about the artist and the historic center of Mexico City; The Collector, a video project by Alÿs; a discussion by Canadian curator Kitty Scott on the artist’s series of paintings titled Le temps du sommeil; and The Thief, a downloadable screensaver created by Alÿs for a project sponsored by the Dia Art Foundation.

Publisher: a.p.r.e.s. editions

Artist(s): Francis Alÿs

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Publication Date: 2008

Binding: DVD, 2 hours

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Special Features: Zone 2, color

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Retail: $35

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Francis Alÿs

Francis Alÿs’s art is centered around observations of, and engagements with, everyday life. His multifaceted projects include public actions, installations, videos, paintings, and drawings; the artist himself has described his work as “a sort of discursive argument composed of episodes, metaphors, or parables.” Across these different media, Alÿs presents his distinct poetic and imaginative sensibility towards anthropological and political concerns. His actions have involved traveling the longest possible route between locations in Mexico and the United States to highlight the increasing obstacles imposed along the border; pushing a melting block of ice through city streets; commissioning sign painters to copy his paintings; filming his efforts to enter the center of a tornado; carrying a leaking can of paint along the contested Israel/Palestine border; and equipping hundreds of volunteers to move a colossal sand dune ten centimeters.